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Friern Barnet 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Table V.
Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1— 2 Weeks. | 2 — 3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under Month. | 1 — 2 Months. | 2—3 Months. | 3—4 Months. | 4—5 Months. | 5—0 Months. | 6—7 Months. | 7— 8 Months. | 8—9 Months. | 9—10 Months. | 10—11 Months. | 11—12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33 | ||
| Uncertified | |||||||||||||||||
| i. Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria: Croup | |||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| i. Diarrhæal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | |||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| iii. Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Congenital Defects | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Want of Breast-milk, St'v'tion | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | |
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| v.' Other Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | |||||||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | 5 |
| Bronchitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Causes | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33 | |
Population (estimated to the middle of 1908):—
| District 10,422 | |||
| Births in the Year | legitimate | ... | 331 |
| (asylum) | ... | 2 | |
| illegitimate | ... | 2 | |
| (asylum) | ... | 2 | |
| Deaths in the Year of | legitimate infants | ... | 33 |
| illegitimate infants | ... | — | |
| Deaths from all Causes at all Ages | 120 | ||